Epicurious iOS App: Your Thanksgiving Dinner Guests Will Be Grateful

The epicurious recipe app for iOS devices is a much-welcomed assistant for those who love to cook and an even better helpmate for those not so versed in the "kitchen arts"...

If you've been tasked to host/cook for guests this holiday season, chances are your mind is already clogged up thinking about all of stuff you have to do. With the epicurious app, searching and finding good recipes, creating grocery shopping lists, and preparing delicious meals is sure to make your job as host just a little more enjoyable.

The Lowdown: The epicurious app for the iPhone/iPod Touch, and iPad is a very clean app with a huge database of recipes and simple operation that should make finding, organizing, and actually preparing food a breeze. You can search food or drink recipes by keyword, or swipe through icons to filter by what's in your fridge, what's healthy, what's in season, and more. Once you find an idea, you can sort your list by name, photo, rating, etc., read peek at all the necessary ingredients, estimate cooking time, read reviews and view images (that you will more than likely attempt to duplicate). epicurious works in both portrait mode for full screen details, or in landscape to keep an eye of your search queries.

Once you have zeroed in on that perfect holiday dish, you can see the full recipe list, cooking directions (with serving amounts), read additional reviews, and learn more about the dish and its originator. From here, you can add all of the required items to your shopping list, star the recipe for later, or email the list to yourself or your partner (who says they are actually gonna help you this time). Shopping from your list is simple. Each recipe you add has its own recipe list that is automatically categorized (produce, meat & poultry, baking, dairy, etc.) to help you with your last-minute grocery store run before it closes. If you take your device with you, you can use the shopping list cross items off the list to help save time.

My Verdict: This app is a much-welcomed assistant for those who love to cook and an even better helpmate for those not so versed in the "kitchen arts". Everything is easy to search, easy to find, and easy to understand. epicurious is a free download from iTunes (OS 3.0 and up) an is sure to add some ease and style to your holiday dinner this season.